Treecko

Strength 4d

Agility 5d

Intellect 3d

Willpower 6x

Hand Size: Edge:

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Origin:

Treecko is a Pokémon, one of at least 649 known types of super-powered creatures that primarily reside on a variant earth close to our own. While he's essentially an oversized gecko, Treecko possesses various plant-like powers, making his exact biology somewhat confusing.

Powers:

Pokémon Physique: Treecko is a Pokémon, a rare (in our reality, at least) creature of the (of course) Treecko variety. This small, gecko-like creature has several super-human powers, many of which happen to be common to all Pokémon:

* Clinging (a): thanks to the small climbing claws on his rear legs, Treecko can generally clamber up vertical surfaces with ease. He possesses this power at intensity 2, allowing him to climb at incredible speeds - up to 30 miles per hour!

* Body Armor (s): being super-powered animals of various types, Pokémon are rather durable when you get down to it. Treecko, in particular, has intensity 8 (+2) body armor, giving him something of an edge in combat, as he's more resilient than his Strength would indicate.

As a grass-type Pokémon, Treecko possesses various vulnerabilities. Versus Pokémon powers that are of a bug, fire, flying, ice, or poison type (or similar powers in the hands of non-Pokémon), Treecko is at something of a disadvantage, having no body armor against such effects.

Conversely, Treecko has enhanced resistance to various types of Pokémon power types. When facing Pokémon powers of the electric, grass, ground, or water types (or similar powers in the hands of non-Pokémon), Treecko has a slight advantage, giving him a +2 to resist such effects.

* Regeneration (s): tough little creatures, all Pokémon possess this power. Treecko has this ability at intensity 2, allowing him to restore one lost card of Health every exchange, assuming the Narrator makes a positive or neutral aura reading of 2 or less in said exchange.

* Resuscitation (s): a mystical power that Pokémon all possess, this power allows them to raise the dead with their tears. Treecko possesses this power at intensity 0, and cannot actually use it without other Pokémon present - each of which raises this power score by one point.

* Shrinking (a): Treecko is rather short really, even if he's much stronger than he looks. He stands at just one foot eight inches tall, being approximately a quarter of an average human's height. He thus has this power, though it's primarily meant as a mere description of his stature.

In game terms, Treecko's size can be indicated by giving him this power at intensity 2. This gives Treecko a +2 to hit bonus and -2 damage penalty against normal sized opponents, who in turn gain a +2 damage modifier and -2 to hit penalty against Treecko.

Pokémon Abilities: as do all other Pokémon, Treecko has a special ability, a reflexive power that functions automatically under certain conditions. His is 'Overgrow', which enhances his grass-type powers by +2 when he has but one card of Health remaining.

Pokémon Attacks: a level 46 Pokémon, Treecko has mastered a large number of special attacks inherent to his type. To date, he has demonstrated the following Pokémon attacks (if obeying the 'four powers only' rule, his preferred powers are marked with an asterisk):

* Absorb (i): one of his first Pokémon attacks, learned at level six, absorb allows Treecko to drain the health of other beings, one card of which can be used to restore his own, lost health - if he can pass an easy absorb (willpower) action against his foe with this intensity 6 power.

* Agility (w): this handy, psychic-type Pokémon power, gained at level 31, allows Treecko to dramatically enhance his, well, Agility. When he uses his agility, Treecko will receive a +4 boost to this ability score of the same name, making him much more nimble. This is an intensity 4 power. *

* Detect (s): Treecko can use this level 41, fighting-type power to ward off attacks. If he can pass a average difficulty action with this intensity 10 power, Treecko can ignore any one attack per exchange. Each successive exchange this power is used raises the difficulty by one level.

* Giga-Drain (i): this level 46, grass-type power allows Treecko to drain the Health of others, some of which can be used to restore his own, lost Health. With an easy Giga-Drain (willpower) action against his foe, Treecko can strike them with the giga-drain (intensity 10)! *

* Leer (w): this normal-type power, which Treecko knew from 'birth', intimidates others with a spooky stare. With an easy difficulty Leer (willpower) action with this intensity 9 power, Treecko lowers his foe's effective Strength and Agility (for purposes of defense) by 2.

* Mega-Drain (i): Treecko can use this power, gained at level 26, to drain the health of other beings, using one card of which to restore his own lost Health - if he can pass an easy mega-drain (willpower) action against his foe with this intensity 8 power.

* Pound (s): one of his original powers, known since he was hatched, Treecko can use this normal-type ability to hold his own in melee. A +3 assault, this attack is much more potent than simply flailing at a foe with Treecko's own Strength - but is less effective than his Slam power.

* Pursuit (i): this dark-type power, learned at level 16, attacks an opponent with shadowy tendrils to inflict intensity 7 damage per strike. If Treecko's foe flees or withdraws during the exchange this power is used, though, the damage is inflicted is doubled. Handy, no?

* Quick Attack (s): using this level 11 normal-type attack, Treecko can ignore the flow of initiative in a given round of combat and attack first - very handy for ambushes and surprise assaults. This melee strike, functioning at +3, isn't very strong... but quite effective nonetheless.

* Screech (w): this level 21, normal-type power emits a jarring, high-frequency to intimidate and distract others. With an average difficulty Screech (willpower) action, Treecko lowers his foe's effective Strength and Agility (for purposes of defense) by 4 (intensity 8). *

* Slam (s): Treecko can use this level 36, normal-type power to perform enhanced body checks. This power acts as a +5 attack, allowing Treecko to inflict considerable damage in melee - definitely more than he could otherwise manage with just his standard Strength. *

Hindrances / Augmentations:

(none)

Equipment:

Magic Ring (s): given to him by Elys, this mystic doo-dad has ensured Treecko's survival time and time again. It serves to provide him an additional intensity 4 (+1) of protection from attack, enhancing his own, natural body armor considerably.

Skills:

Acrobatics (a): as if he wasn't already agile enough (especially with his agility attack), Treecko has worked on becoming ever-more nimble over the years in his spare time. When dodging attacks or attempting to lower falling damage, Treecko may do so at a reduced difficulty level.

Climbing (s): this natural skill, enhanced by small spurs on the back of his feet, allow Treecko to easily scale most vertical surfaces. This skill should reduce the difficulty of any climb or related action (resisting strong winds, etc...) by one difficulty level.

Languages / English and Pokémon (i): Treecko used to be an ordinary Pokémon. However, after Elys captured him and made him her familiar, she gave him the mystic power of speech, allowing him to communicate with others in the English language - he can even read, too!

Contacts:

As the familiar of Elys, Treecko could rely upon her for assistance. Furthermore, that dragon's minions, the villains known as the Tenacious Ten, could also be considered Treecko's contacts. Of course, since that deal's gone sour, you never know who Treecko's friends are these days.

Calling:

Greed: while he wasn't originally so, having served as Elys' mystic familiar has made Treecko exceptionally greedy. He lusts for material things now, especially those that belonged to his former mistress, and is prepared to go to great lengths to acquire sparkly, worldly things.

Likeness:

Treecko is a Treecko, a wood gecko Pokémon, and he doesn't look any different than his fellows, really.

Treecko is mostly light green in color, with a shockingly pink underbelly. While he is scaly, being reptilian in nature, his scales are very small and subtle. Also, he has large yellow eyes, and climbing claws on the backs of his feet.

Personality:

Treecko is a surly thing, forced into veritable servitude by Elys at a very young age. He's learned all his best dirty tricks from her, and has evolved into quite a smarmy little smart mouth. Treecko is fast on his feet and quick to plot an advantage in most any situation.

Real Name: Treecko (given name)
Occupation: former mystic familiar, current troublemaker
Legal Status: sentient being born on a variant earth, with no legal rights to speak of
Marital Status: inapplicable
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: none

Height: 1' 8"
Hair: inapplicable
Eyes: yellow
Weight: 11 lbs
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: Treecko is an oversized wood gecko with super-powers - he tends to stand out in a crowd (assuming you could see him within a crowd of humans, that is).

Story:

On a variant earth closer than you think, there's a world teeming with super-powered animals known as Pokémon. They generally live in harmony with both nature and man, and as a result life on this world is a bit more advanced - and more peaceful - than our own.

One day, a Pokémon known as Treecko was summoned at random from this world into our own by Elys, a powerful technomantic dragon. She desired a potent mystic familiar to do her bidding on earth, and Treecko's quasi-magic physiology made him an excellent choice.

Finding himself far from home, in the midst of a truly frightening creature, Treecko agreed to serve Elys in exchange for not being eaten. However, Elys didn't just want a familiar - she wanted a minion she could trust, one that could interact with the world of men where she couldn't.

As such, she granted this Treecko the power of speech - he could now communicate with both Elys and humans in their own 'common' tongue. This language is at least common to most humans in the planes from where Elys came from, though it is known as 'English' here.

Armed with this new talent and a magical ring that considerably enhanced his defenses, Treecko was more than happy to run various errands for Elys - it got him away from the terrifying beast, after all. These were mostly simple jobs, too - steal this, find that, etc...

In the course of these missions, Treecko grew in skill, mastering all the powers a Pokémon of his type can learn naturally. He felt ready to evolve, as beings of his type are wont to do, but Treecko held off knowing that, should he grow more powerful, Elys would find him more useful.

And thus keep him around longer.

As such, he simply bided his time, focusing on retaining his original form while working for Elys. He's grown bitter over the years though, as he doesn't feel what he's doing is right - if he's going to do bad things, he wants to do them for his own benefit!

Eventually, Elys ran afoul of an enemy she couldn't defeat, in the form of a gang of vigilantes that Treecko himself crossed on one of his errands. This errand, to seize the severed hand of another technomage, Morbis, was interrupted when those heroes captured him and said hand.

Enraged beyond reason, Elys attacked them en masse, causing them to seek her out. Though far away from her, Elys managed to keep track of their progress through Treecko, as she can cast her various magics through him - a knack that tends to make Treecko very uncomfortable.

Her many and varied efforts to defeat and waylay these heroes failed though, and Elys was ultimately slain by her foes. Severely battered and bruised in this encounter (he was used as a club at one point), Treecko still managed to survive this ordeal - and win out in the end.

With Elys' death you see, those heroes ransacked the considerable hoard in her Antarctic lair. Distracted and drunk with greed, they lost track of where Treecko had gotten to - and didn't really realize he was gone until he'd made his escape through a portal mechanism inside Elys' home.

This gateway, which emptied out into New York City, allowed Treecko to hide until he could get his bearings. Thinking that Elys' hoard was rightfully his, what with him having assembled a large portion of it, Treecko has decided to seize it for himself - no matter the cost.

So, the world has likely not seen the last of Treecko...!

Notes:

This Treecko is a refugee from the original version of my Variant Earth 13 campaign. When I first made it, Variant Earth 13 was a mishmash of my original characters and just about everything I had on the site - along with a lot of stuff I hadn't gotten around to actually going public with.

I've since cleansed other people's creations from the v13 world, as far as I know, and thus this fellow had to go. He was vital to the plot of my e mail game however, so I didn't want to just delete him. It didn't seem right to me, so you know, here he is. Enjoy?

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